A reduction in the pupil’s response to affective sounds in psychopathy and related personality traits

Gray, Nicola; McKinnon, Aimee; Snowden, Robert J.

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A reduction in the pupil’s response to affective sounds in psychopathy and related personality traits

Nicola Gray

, Aimee McKinnon, Robert J. Snowden

Physiological Reports, Volume: 10, Issue: 6

Swansea University Authors: Nicola Gray , Aimee McKinnon

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The pupil of the eye dilates in response to affective information, even if that information is not visual. We used this affective modulation of the pupil to examine the hypothesis that individuals with high traits of psychopathy have an insensitivity to emotional stimuli. We also examined general pe...

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A reduction in the pupil’s response to affective sounds in psychopathy and related personality traits

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